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meer salie Letters Patent Ne. 109,477, deiea November 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT in Basu-Hives.

The Schelule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl I, Geenen .l. WnEnLnn, ot'

Mexic'm in the county of Oswego and State of New York, 'haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bee-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the fel- -lowing is a full, clear, and'exactdeseription thereof, which will enable otliei's skilled iu-thc art to make and use the saine`,reference being had to. the 'aecompauyingdrawing forming;r part-oi' this specification.

l My invention relates to bee-hives, and has two specie purposes is View:

The first is to secui'e the cou'ibfraines iirinly, but

detachably, inthe lowe'rppart of the hive.

The novel means which I combine to elect this purpose are three in number, and consist iu suspending the frame, tapering the sides thereof', and

iii-stening with removable keys.

The second purpose is to overcome a ditliculty iuv mak-ing honey for market, which isv wellunderstood by all engaged iu the business, and which seems to have, hitherto, battled their ingenuityv to overcome.

rihis diiiculty is, that bees will work better, and make a unich greater quantity of honey, in large boxes than riii small ones, while small ones will sell at a price thirty per cent. higher in the market.

l My object, then, is to make them do the maximum of work in the minimum of boxes.

lThis object l accomplish by making the boxes small, but communicable, ou eaehside of tin-slip partitions.

Thus, they Aare made to be conscious of and appreciate the magnitude of' the chamber, while the tin slips answer all the purposes of dividing. the honey into practically small boxes, which are separately removable.

In the acconipanyiuor drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical sect-ion through the hive, on line :i: a; ot fi". 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of iig'. l, ou the line Similar letters ot' referenceindica-te corresponding parts.

This liivc.is iiiade in 'two parts, A being the lower .The frames thus iliade are suspended by the projccting ends of the rail F, on the wires J, which wires are stretchedacross the hives. l

',[lie frames are made4 t9 occupy each its proper positiomas, by the widthuof the tapering'vpieces H I vv'audfkeys 0,'they are broughtin contact with each 'other in their upper, as seen in the drawiiio.

l represents a series of honey-boxes, arranged in an open, shallowframe, L, in the upper portion of the hive. f y Q These boxes communicate wit-h the lower portion of the hiveLby means of apertures in their bottoms," .andthe boxes of each tier, or row are in communication with each other, being separated only bypieces of tin, M, indicated in' dotted i'iues in iig. leaving o ieniufrs N ou each side.

o n l a The outside boxes are .closed ou' their outer sides by glass plates, so that when the upper portion B of thc hive is removed 'the bees and the honey will" be secure iu the boxes, while any single box may be removed withont disturbing the. rest, andan empty box may'r be put in its place.

Tov remove the frames one or both of the keys O will be removed.

These keys serve to keep the i'i'aiiies tight iii their places. -A

l is the 'up or cover of theliive, which fitted onto the part B, so that it is readily removed.

leiis the iloor orplatforiu of the hive, to lwhich is hinged the lower part A, as seenat S.

'.L. represents the bee-entrance..

By this inode oi' eonnectiu'gthe" hive, and arraug# ing and secu'riuil the l'ioney-fraiues and boxes, the yield of the bees is greatly increased, and the trouble incident to the care oi' and securing their honey is niuch diminished.

Having thus described in'y. invention,

I claim -as new auddesire to secure by Let-ters Iateiit- V l. A detachable comb-frame, having the sides tapering from about midway to the bottom, a straight portion being left at. the top to 'co-operate with the removable keys, as and furthe purpose described.

2. The honey-boxes K K'K, arranged in rows and communicating with one another on each side ot' slips M, combined with a shallow detachable frame L, for

the purposedescribed.

(HEORGE T. WHEELER W'itne'sses: v

J OHNU. TAYLOR, GEORGE W. S'roNn. 

